Sentence examples for dubious effect from inspiring English sources

Some critics have also fretted about the dubious effect the show may be having on some viewers.

Then, in 2009, trials showed that P.S.A. screening led to many unnecessary surgeries and had a dubious effect on prostate cancer deaths.

The focus now is on whether the economic theory that had seemed to bolster austerity programmes will follow them into full reverse – and whether politicians and bankers will stick with programmes that are having dubious effect.

Both have invested heavily in their news operations – even to uncertain, or dubious effect (there have been recent reports that Bloomberg is unhappy with the lackluster results of its television expansion and may shrink the business).

Rather than retire the grizzled warriors, some automakers continue to soften and compromise them, sometimes to dubious effect: the 4Runner is a pale shadow of its rebellious self of the 1980s and '90s.

Closer to the present time, one student "quotes" George Orwell to the dubious effect that "the British reduced Burma to a small city north of India" and "Europeans in India inhabited designated spots where they could practise their imperialist values on one another".

Microsoft Word, meanwhile, has had broader dubious effects.

"Men are coming in for boosts, which they didn't do when I started," says Lieb, who explains that combining office visits with regular over-the-counter treatments can create a phosphorescent effect, a dubious result.

Many also include some dubious "film effect" modes (do your own color correction, it's fun and easy) and a "pro focus" mode that combines three shots, each with a different focus, into one, creating an enhanced depth of field effect.

On paper it's the perfect pairing, but in the event they have delivered a laboured, morally questionable portrait of the would-be power broker that, moreover, is badly undermined by some dubious special-effects decisions.

The reality is that a store like Tesco, for all of its flaws and dubious side effects, would offer affordable food and clothing to those in Sherborne who need it.